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MONDAY MORNING BLOG!  December 13, 2016 Just a thought ... We are less than two weeks from Christmas Day. Wow! It has come quickly hasn't it? While I write today, dear Kat is viewing a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. These have been on since before Thanksgiving. For some Christmas is a nightmare while to others it's the greatest of seasons. Our family has always made this time a great family highlight. Things change though. In 2014, our sons and grandson moved to Colorado from NH. Our homestead in Rumney, NH became vacant for 6 months and a family Christmas seemed to be lost. But then, we moved back into the home in late September and immediately began some of the holiday traditions. Even without the boys, we visited some of family favorite traditional spots around New England. That Christmas 2014 was then past history like all the others with our family as in April 2015, Kat and I moved from NH to Florida. A year ago, our first Christmas in the FL tropics, was weird i...

MMB - 12/5/2016   What Is The REAL Christmas Bible Verse? Many Old Testament prophetic passages and New Testament Gospel verses give the message of Christmas. The Miracle, the Message, the Mystery, the Mandate and the Mission of the MEANING of Christmas is found in the Psalms, Isaiah, Matthew, Luke and John. Even Hebrews and some of Paul's letters refer to the Birth of the Savior. With all these passages proclaiming the Savior's birth ... which would you say is the greatest? Personally, I love the prophetic words found in Isaiah 7 and 9. You find these passages as the basis for the great words of the famous "Messiah" by  Handel. My very favorite is "For Unto Us" from Isaiah 9. It prophetically proclaims the name of the coming Savior: Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  Then there's the story of how the birth of Christ occurred. It's found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. It embraces many ...